Quoting%20commentary for Taanit 56:16

וחד הוה והכתיב (דניאל ט, כז) ועל כנף שקוצים משומם אמר רבא תרי הוו ונפל חד על חבריה ותבריה ליה לידיה ואשתכח דהוה כתיב

Whence do we know this? - For it is written, And from the time that the continual burnt-offering shall be taken away and the detestable thing that causeth appalment set up.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dan. XII, 11.');">¹⁸</span> Was there then only one detestable thing? Is it not written, And upon the wing of detestable things shall be that which causeth appalment?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. IX, 27.');">¹⁹</span> - Raba replied: There were two [idols] and one fell upon the other and broke its hand and upon it was found inscribed

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